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Pursuant to statute improper fiduciary fee, Stafford, Va.

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pursuant to statute improper fiduciary feeJA: Because laws vary from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?Customer: Stafford, Va.JA: Has anything been filed or reported?Customer: yesJA: Anything else you want the lawyer to know before I connect you?Customer: not yet thanks

f. If the fiduciary employs an attorney or accountant to perform duties that should be performed by the fiduciary, the fees of those persons should be deducted from the compensation due the fiduciary. Note that this does not apply to reasonable fees paid to attorneys or accountants for tax work or litigation or other legal services reasonably necessary for the orderly administration of the estate. The reasonable expense of such services will be allowed in addition to the fiduciary fee.

So if the fiduciary is performing executor duties and the attorney is performing legal duties (versus ones that a non-attorney fiduciary can handle, for example) compensation would still be permitted.